§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the rateable value for block grant purposes of every local authority in England (i) in 1981–82 and (ii) in 1984–85, showing the percentage change for each authority between 1981–82 and 1984–85.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe tables show gross rateable values for block grant purposes for 1981–82 and 1984–85 and the percentage change between these years. The figures shown for 1984–85 are estimates and will be revised before the initial grant payments are made.
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Provisional 1984–85 £ million
Percentage difference SHIRE COUNTIES Avon 117.662097 122.252697 3.9 Bedfordshire 79.162652 84.071011 6.2
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Percentage difference Berkshire 117.507329 125.634358 6.9 Buckinghamshire 90.465348 99.728020 10.2 Cambridgeshire 79.533410 85.445048 7.4 Cheshire 128.558605 136.696445 6.3 Cleveland 74.298096 77.894911 4.8 Cornwall 44.320391 46.852977 5.7 Cumbria 46.311107 48.343679 4.4 Derbyshire 101.079617 105.883305 4.8 Devon 108.853971 113.729392 4.5 Dorset 80.878665 85.719843 6.0 Durham 57.295868 58.054809 1.3 East Sussex 95.689120 100.154952 4.7 Essex 226.220173 236.201462 4.4 Gloucestershire 62.282540 65.462452 5.1 Hampshire 200.459463 212.043480 5.8 Hereford and Worcester 81.418064 86.574307 6.3 Hertfordshire 164.790606 171.365321 4.0 Humberside 94.249897 98.091479 4.1 Isle of Wight 12.987083 13.767356 6.0 Kent 178.602127 188.374056 5.5 Lancashire 137.453300 142.822484 3.9 Leicestershire 108.712602 114.671758 5.5 Lincolnshire 58.592744 62.694209 7.0 Norfolk 87.256920 92.133038 5.6 Northamptonshire 70.034202 73.842118 5.4 Northumberland 31.084915 33.249170 7.0 North Yorkshire 72.885773 76.718277 5.3 Nottinghamshire 120.564766 124.951983 3.6 Oxfordshire 77.771281 82.550187 6.1 Shropshire 42.160611 44.576002 5.7 Somerset 48.708214 51.415891 5.6 Staffordshire 120.014852 125.754420 4.8 Suffolk 74.915366 79.308530 5.9 Surrey 167.766207 173.812059 3.6 Warwickshire 65.025997 68.309616 5.0 West Sussex 93.855478 100.492978 7.1 Wiltshire 57.401720 61.075978 6.4 GREATER LONDON City of London 239.942665 250.630392 4.5 Camden 103.911795 107.406523 3.4 Greenwich 31.839090 32.215280 1.2 Hackney 35.006438 36.387558 3.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 32.576464 34.258847 5.2 Islington 50.268044 52.724693 4.9 Kensingtor and Chelsea 68.917200 70.415425 2.2 Lambeth 56.957081 57.453803 .9 Lewisham 33.263561 34.404575 3.4 Southwark 54.678503 57.604538 5.4 Tower Hamlets 43.407594 44.260988 2.0 Wands worth 42.044992 42.345439 .7 Westminster 302.397827 315.852990 4.4 Barking and Dagenham 26.595669 26.542231 -.2 Barnet 58.293418 59.613511 2.3 Bexley 29.890037 30.486264 2.0 Brent 50.257556 50.702837 .9 Bromley 47.365610 49.615741 4.8 Croydon 66.774314 67.568678 1.2 Ealing 54.541548 55.404118 1.6 Enfield 47.450124 48.450410 2.1 Haringey 34.280868 35.305631 3.0 Harrow 33.646678 34.411489 2.3 Havering 37.074552 37.562753 1.3 Hillingdon 55.600930 58.267594 4.8 Hounslow 47.445048 48.328955 1.9 Kingston-upon-Thames 27.698652 27.840070 .5 Merton 29.765347 30.362916 2.0 Newham 35.214821 35.356004 .4 Redbridge 35.594488 36.076649 1.4 Richmond-upon-Thames 30.345334 31.537580 3.9 Sutton 27.702413 28.590100 3.2 Waltham Forest 31.011236 30.925287 -.3
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Provisional 1984–85 £ million
Percentage difference GLC 1,901.7599–03 1,958.9098–67 3.0 ILEA 1,095.2112–58 1,124.1010–74 2.6 Met. Police 1,746.2278–29 1,795.1939–30 2.8 GREATER MANCHESTER Bolton 27.184268 28.079569 3.3 Bury 18.740628 19.257787 2.8 Manchester 72.214246 74.959338 3.8 Oldham 22.316239 23.122935 3.6 Rochdale 20.409222 21.106522 3.4 Salford 30.996481 31.433633 1.4 Stockport 37.536307 38.619475 2.9 Tameside 21.200594 21.716122 2.4 Trafford 37.681878 38.675402 2.6 Wigan 30.352695 31.127601 2.6 MERSEYSIDE Knowsley 21.480037 21.182747 -1.4 Liverpool 69.300331 68.371470 -1.3 St. Helens 22.299895 22.688699 1.7 Sefton 35.712191 36.380055 1.9 Wirral 41.522528 42.134390 1.5 SOUTH YORKSHIRE Barnsley 18.683034 19.203507 2.8 Doncaster 28.908603 29.659516 2.6 Rotherham 22.494731 23.165783 3.0 Sheffield 65.150456 66.455243 2.0 TYNE AND WEAR Gateshead 21.144487 21.464748 1.5 Newcastle upon Tyne 40.872202 41.757088 2.2 North Tyneside 20.238379 20.834356 2.9 South Tyneside 15.507713 15.792039 1.8 Sunderland 26.513053 27.696862 4.5 WEST MIDLANDS Birmingham 160.100508 161.927367 1.1 Coventry 43.258781 43.874483 1.4 Dudley 41.856585 43.660036 4.3 Sandwell 49.472106 49.286255 -.4 Solihull 28.669695 29.681171 3.5 Walsall 38.411869 38.680083 .7 Wolverhampton 40.952862 41.753409 2.0 WEST YORKSHIRE Bradford 42.270175 43.850809 3.7 Calderdale 16.092443 16.506554 2.6 Kirklees 31.667317 32.410518 2.3 Leeds 84.893378 88.385102 4.1 Wakefield 31.632126 33.105065 4.7 METROPOLITAN COUNTIES Greater Manchester 318.632557 328.098382 3.0 Merseyside 191.898602 190.757360 -.6 South Yorkshire 135.236826 138.484050 2.4 Tyne and Wear 124.276388 127.545093 2.6 West Midlands 402.722408 408.862805 1.5 West Yorkshire 206.555441 214.258049 3.7 AVON Bath 10.699804 10.945557 2.3 Bristol 57.850510 58.813574 1.7 Kingswood 7.773382 8.310781 6.9 Northavon 14.655219 16.052542 9.5 Wansdyke 8.218951 8.547366 4.0 Woodspring 18.494878 19.582877 5.9 BEDFORDSHIRE North Bedfordshire 19.554472 20.248342 3.5
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Provisional 1984–85 £ million
Percentage difference Luton 28.802970 30.824242 7.0 Mid Bedfordshire 12.411048 13.264714 6.9 South Bedfordshire 18.394161 19.733713 7.3 BERKSHIRE Bracknell 13.026619 14.264040 9.5 Newbury 17.351609 18.715441 7.9 Reading 25.407771 26.643516 4.9 Slough 22.858097 23.631083 3.4 Windsor and Maidenhead 23.199686 24.978176 7.7 Wokingham 15.663545 17.402102 11.1 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Aylesbury Vale 18.389110 19.698886 7.1 South Bucks 12.960472 13.418193 3.5 Chiltern 15.272024 15.819550 3.6 Milton Keynes 16.757721 22.233689 32.7 Wycombe 27.085987 28.557702 5.4 CAMBRIDGESHIRE Cambridge 19.962578 20.869805 4.5 East Cambridgeshire 5.358631 5.561811 3.8 Fenland 7.226050 7.640725 5.7 Huntingdon 14.115481 15.227734 7.9 Peterborough 18.351975 20.221709 10.2 South Cambridgeshire 14.518685 15.923264 9.7 CHESHIRE Chester 16.966703 18.087077 6.6 Congleton 9.695907 10.365350 6.9 Crewe and Nantwich 11.670420 12.392552 6.2 Ellesmere Port and Neston 16.182458 16.641699 2.8 Halton 15.830933 17.138075 8.3 Macclesfield 21.064545 22.127789 5.0 Vale Royal 14.379553 14.945949 3.9 Warrington 22.767584 24.997955 9.8 CLEVELAND Hartlepool 9.813749 10.131119 3.2 Langbaurgh 21.850120 23.813704 9.0 Middlesbrough 16.626291 17.033134 2.4 Stockton-on-Tees 26.006923 26.916954 3.5 CORNWALL Caradon 6.208437 6.681856 7.6 Carrick 8.477858 8.921145 5.2 Kerrier 7.901478 8.306631 5.1 North Cornwall 6.649372 7.090679 6.6 Penwith 5.634048 5.892726 4.6 Restormel 9.449224 9.959940 5.4 CUMBRIA Allerdale 8.662337 8.826648 1.9 Barrow in Furness 6.208685 6.388024 2.9 Carlisle 10.624488 10.906254 2.7 Copeland 6.709536 7.273584 8.4 Eden 4.116123 4.410266 7.1 South Lakeland 9.989936 10.538903 5.5 DERBYSHIRE Amber Valley 11.389392 11.871698 4.2 Bolsover 5.689594 6.181800 8.7 Chesterfield 11.151148 11.846498 6.2 Derby 28.503524 29.878172 4.8 Erewash 10.873801 11.479277 5.6 High Peak 8.622548 8.894417 3.2 North East Derbyshire 8.718374 9.033717 3.6 South Derbyshire 9.361219 9.640834 3.0 West Derbyshire 6.770015 7.056892 4.2 DEVON East Devon 12.218148 12.954740 6.0 Exeter 13.698302 14.377895 5.0 North Devon 7.654454 8.170789 6.7 Plymouth 29.083610 29.829078 2.6
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Percentage difference South Hams 7.303314 7.702810 5.5 Teignbridge 10.254641 10.884285 6.1 Mid Devon 5.135115 5.378150 4.7 Torbay 16.047215 16.526660 3.0 Torridge 3.750112 3.937642 5.0 West Devon 3.709059 3.967343 7.0 DORSET Bournemouth 23.16814 23.808313 2.8 Christchurch 5.976666 6.272839 5.0 North Dorset 4.737355 5.095820 7.6 Poole 18.336419 19.906261 8.6 Purbeck 5.106729 5.479170 7.3 West Dorset 8.625180 9.003771 4.4 Weymouth and Portland 6.096680 6.407286 5.1 Wimborne 8.836758 9.746383 10.3 DURHAM Chester-le-Street 4.361103 4.508546 3.4 Darlington 12.374708 12.672767 2.4 Derwentside 8.409778 7.433954 -11.6 Durham 8.647963 8.996407 4.0 Easington 7.057471 7.379635 4.6 Sedgefield 8.784413 9.082224 3.4 Teesdale 2.046430 2.215143 8.2 Wear Valley 5.613628 5.766133 2.7 EAST SUSSEX Brighton 24.146050 24.640598 2.0 Eastbourne 12.751270 13.763081 7.9 Hastings 9.356409 9.701097 3.7 Hove 14.299743 15.051266 5.3 Lewes 11.119158 11.895772 7.0 Rother 10.674491 11.043600 3.5 Wealden 13.341996 14.059538 5.4 ESSEX Basildon 22.726743 24.679154 8.6 Braintree 14.239328 15.277695 7.3 Brentwood 12.517796 13.010337 3.9 Castle Point 11.443383 11.403672 -.3 Chelmsford 21.078895 22.925011 8.8 Colchester 17.499327 18.980862 8.5 Epping Forest 18.534923 19.138523 3.3 Harlow 13.468666 13.723523 1.9 Maldon 6.790862 7.232738 6.5 Rochford 9.684197 10.258490 5.9 Southend-on-Sea 26.030417 26.745304 2.7 Tendring 14.784191 15.422077 4.3 Thurrock 29.029587 28.484104 -1.9 Uttlesford 8.391810 8.919972 6.3 GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham 13.560427 14.214406 4.8 Cotswold 8.529040 8.999559 5.5 Forest of Dean 6.575822 6.832237 3.9 Gloucester 12.022741 12.563931 4.5 Stroud 11.084119 11.650959 5.1 Tewkesbury 10.517787 11.201360 6.5 HAMPSHIRE Basingstoke and Deane 18.076510 19.689148 8.9 East Hampshire 10.982091 11.921502 8.6 Eastleigh 12.645174 13.781691 9.0 Fareham 11.198713 12.152031 8.5 Gosport 9.328573 9.525716 2.1 Hart 9.228290 10.051419 8.9 Havant 14.474854 15.106798 4.4 New Forest 22.185538 23.645377 6.6 Portsmouth 26.276814 27.099600 3.1 Rushmoor 11.230843 11.945619 6.4 Southampton 30.354695 30.918020 1.9 Test Valley 12.135235 13.158027 8.4 Winchester 12.342128 13.048530 5.7
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Percentage difference HEREFORD AND WORCESTER Bromsgrove 11.047959 11.587100 4.9 Hereford 6.458449 6.684603 3.5 Leominster 3.359631 3.609979 7.5 Malvern Hills 9.284039 9.870128 6.3 Redditch 9.271694 10.567393 14.0 South Herefordshire 4.497690 4.911180 9.2 Worcester 12.252990 12.592396 2.8 Wychavon 12.825087 13.765546 7.3 Wyre Forest 12.420524 12.985982 4.6 HERTFORDSHIRE Broxbourne 12.038179 12.711578 5.6 Dacorum 21.995101 22.855394 3.9 East Hertfordshire 15.732278 16.650797 5.8 Hertsmere 15.692416 16.218683 3.4 North Hertfordshire 18.399148 18.664109 1.4 St. Albans 21.110864 22.329787 5.8 Stevenage 13.317649 13.906346 4.4 Three Rivers 12.651558 12.757676 0.8 Watford 15.606505 16.251786 4.1 Welwyn Hatfield 18.246905 19.019166 4.2 HUMBERSIDE Beverley 11.572796 11.969825 3.4 Boothferry 5.445997 5.619834 3.2 Cleethorpes 8.500427 8.618482 1.4 Glanford 8.159658 8.673012 6.3 Great Grimsby 11.085764 11.320286 2.1 Holderness 4.531351 4.608007 1.7 Kingston upon Hull 27.684130 28.355605 2.4 East Yorkshire 6.6365061 7.003855 5.6 Scunthorpe 10.63891 11.922573 12.1 ISLE OF WIGHT Medina 7.434404 7.910340 6.4 South Wight 5.548703 5.857016 5.6 KENT Ashford 10.571269 11. 279084 6.7 Canterbury 13.862302 14.495791 4.6 Dartford 10.087658 10.851826 7.6 Dover 10.898669 11.201201 2.8 Gillingham 10.154667 10.916247 7.5 Gravesham 12.319364 12.326035 .1 Maidstone 15.578225 16.726205 7.4 Rochester upon Medway 21.051307 23.114340 9.8 Sevenoaks 12.685239 13.341963 5.2 Shepway 11.457741 11.904183 3.9 Swale 12.018275 12.628088 5.1 Thanet 14.427846 14.817904 6.8 Tonbridge and Malting 12. 165844 12 .990585 6.8 Tunbridge Wells 11.322194 11.780604 4.0 LANCASHIRE Blackburn 13.185852 13.350261 1.2 Blackpool 18.101119 18.473804 2.1 Burnley 8.079846 8.384211 3.8 Chorley 8.121384 8.804721 8.4 Fylde 8.298884 8.732196 5.2 Hyndburn 6.431535 6.645463 3.3 Lancaster 12.898902 13.463412 4.4 Pendle 6.073014 6.237789 2.7 Preston 14.648782 14.960392 2.1 Ribble Valley 5.009112 5.183498 3.5 Rossendale: 4.796503 5.015955 4.6 South Ribble 9.193657 10.122666 10.1 West Lancashire 11.955169 12.469725 4.3 Wyre 10.659539 10.978391 3.0 LEICESTERSHIRE Blaby 8.569412 9.093891 6.1 Charnwood 18.116924 19.044571 5.1 Harborough 7.318111 7.747346 5.9 Hinckley and Bosworth 10.478593 11.389570 8.7
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Percentage difference Leicester 39.325681 41.214079 4.8 Melton 5.159454 5.438781 5.4 North West Leicestershire 9.739098 10.128306 4.0 Oadby and Wigston 6.490121 6.803382 4.8 Rutland 3.514741 3.81188132 8.5 LINCOLNSHIRE Boston 6.079013 6.320273 4.0 East Lindsey 11.666512 12.381290 6.1 Lincoln 9.448656 10.083329 6.7 North Kesteven 7.240710 7.861470 8.6 South Holland 6.269762 6.640505 5.9 South Kesteven 10.604851 11.514893 8.6 West Lindsey 7.283240 7.892449 8.4 NORFOLK Breckland 10.412024 11.245455 8.0 Broadland 9.735839 10.289922 5.7 Great Yarmouth 10.949634 11.521492 5.2 North Norfolk 9.794686 10.333353 5.5 Norwich 21.763304 22.647192 4.1 South Norfolk 9.409201 10.241344 8.8 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 15.192181 15.854280 4.4 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Corby 8.646268 7.651541 -11.5 Daventry 7.940413 8.697369 9.5 East Northamptonshire 6.356471 6.696153 5.3 Kettering 7.810358 8.114832 3.9 Northampton 24.339297 26.895957 10.5 South Northamptonshire 6.903638 7.477603 8.3 Wellingborough 7.965828 8.308663 4.3 NORTHUMBERLAND Alnwick 2.720473 3.044758 11.9 Berwick-upon-Tweed 2.712934 3.108821 14.6 Blyth Valley 6.839578 7.173654 4.9 Castle Morpeth 5.685661 6.201010 9.1 Tynedale 5.561633 5.972705 7.4 Wansbeck 7.564635 7.748222 2.4 NORTHYORKSHIRE Craven 4.596362 4.878807 6.1 Hambleton 7.443239 8.065459 8.4 Harrogate 15.356510 16.372338 6.6 Richmondshire 4.155272 4.269842 2.8 Ryedale 7.386736 7.844077 6.2 Scarborough 10.679655 11.065373 3.6 Selby 12.285331 12.945463 5.4 York 10.982666 11.276918 2.7 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Ashfield 9.893589 10.0354905 4.7 Bassetlaw 15.930106 16.494807 3.5 Broxtowe 11.466820 11.818052 3.1 Gedling 10.713483 11.082380 3.4 Mansfield 9.468135 9.945711 5.0 Newark 10.685005 11.198084 4.8 Nottingham 40.251131 41.358045 2.8 Rushcliffe 12.201144 12.699999 4.1 OXFORDSHIRE Cherwell 14.763507 16.326700 10.6 Oxford 20.262971 20.892870 3.1 South Oxfordshire 17.260399 18.018113 4.4 Vale of White Horse 16.234600 17.340764 6.8 West Oxfordshire 9.249803 9.971740 7.8 SHROPSHIRE Bridgnorth 5.603211 5.847996 4.4
1981–82 £million
Provisional 1984–85 £million
Percentage difference North Shropshire 4.490077 4.820368 7.4 Oswestry 2.815406 2.998475 6.5 Shrewsbury and Atcham 11.649728 11.967636 2.7 South Shropshire 3.070335 3.293946 7.3 The Wrekin 14.513923 15.647581 7.8 SOMERSET Mendip 9.323535 9.835593 5.5 Sedgemoor 10.030308 10.478301 4.5 Taunton Deane 9.877216 10.317322 4.5 West Somerset 5.669028 5.882227 3.8 Yeovil 13.804919 14902448 8.0 STAFFORDSHIRE Cannock Chase 10.402831 10.925401 5.0 East Staffordshire 12.319800 12.589986 2.2 Lichfield 11.575791 11.972501 3.4 Newcastle-under-Lyme 12.534712 13.192391 5.2 South Staffordshire 11.161148 12.000306 7.5 Stafford 15.441107 16.125546 4.4 Staffordshire Moorlands 9.144030 9.545251 4.4 Stoke-on-Trent 30.681825 31.656647 3.2 Tamworth 6.753606 7.746391 14.7 SUFFOLK Babergh 8.729560 9.208514 5.5 Forest Heath 5.694694 6.183093 8.6 Ipswich 18.075775 18.620199 3.0 Mid Suffolk 7.601767 8. 164763 7.4 St-Edmundsbury 11.011685 11.728504 6.5 Suffolk Coastal 12.917723 13.916761 7.7 Waveney 10.805516 11.486696 6.3 SURREY Elmbridge 21.299307 22.370890 5.0 Epsom and Ewell 11. 154934 11. 276627 1.1 Guildford 21.510746 22.223824 3.3 Mole Valley 11.930260 12 .197686 2.2 Reigate and Banstead 18.237616 18.849932 3.4 Runnymede 11.1161163 11.582331 4.2 Spelthorne 20.337506 20.952730 3.0 Surrey Heath 12.292585 12.990440 5.7 Tandridge 9.688356 9.860803 1.9 Waverley 16.010558 16.657003 4.0 Woking 14.142543 14.842870 5.0 WARWICKSHIRE North Warwickshire 8.094901 8.102490 0.1 Nuneaton and Bedworth 12.956871 13.549279 4.6 Rugby 11.613980 12.281295 5.7 Stratford on Avon 14.549212 15.532313 6.8 Warwick 17.811408 18.844239 5.8 WEST SUSSEX Adur 8.166345 8.324095 1.9 Arun 15.672404 16.515601 5.4 Chichester 12.966580 13.626790 5.1 Crawley 14.531887 17.381422 19.6 Horsham 13.019132 13.820267 6.2 Mid Sussex 15.624133 16.440416 5.2 Worthing 13.885287 14.384387 3.6 WILTSHIRE Kennet 6.352432 6.569740 3.4 North Wiltshire 9.827535 10.250138 4.3 Salisbury 12.240945 12.643774 3.3 Thamesdown 18.419777 20.427466 10.9 West Wiltshire 10.561116 11.184860 5.9 Isles of Scilly .300980 .308977 2.7